Attack of the Meme: Let’s Make Fun of Amateur Food Photogs!

With the advent of Instgram, Pinterest, and an array of other easy photo-sharing social media, everyone thinks they’re a food photographer these days. Which is great in theory, but sometimes often we see a post that makes us say “Um…. NO.”

My new favorite Tumblr has thoughtfully archived all those aberrations of food “photography” in one place: Amateur Food Porn Has Got To Stop. (Is there ANYTHING Tumblr can’t do? No.) Let the mocking begin…

I mean, I never claimed to be Ansel Adams, but I have some sense of artistic dignity. What even IS that crap?!

The blogging community is, in general, full of amateurs. But these amateurs are hashing out their interests and skills. I, without any prior experience, started a food blog to strengthen my writing skills and allow myself a creative outlet. I’ll admit that there are more than a few scrappy food pictures littering my website, but I’ve learned more about photographing food by trying than not. Haters gonna hate?

How easy and fun it is to write snarky comments on somebody’s amateur efforts. I’ll bet you have a lot of friends and lead a real interesting, creative existence. Let’s dissect your hobbies and critique your efforts. You game? ……….Huh, I didn’t think so.

A lot of these don’t even look to be “food porn” and more like the steps to a recipe or “hey! my first time making pizza!” It’s kind of meh to make fun of people for being amateurs at something that they fully cop to being amateurs at. Leave the fun-poking to CakeWrecks.

Uh, I don’t get it? Sure, there are food blogs where the writers are really into photography. I read several of them. They have SLR cameras, they take classes on how to take great food photos, it’s very nice.

But then there are other blogs (like mine), more about the food, and not at all about the photography. So what? What’s wrong with sharing a recipe and snapping a quick photo? I must be missing something here.

Wow, these ARE bad! We take a lot of pics of food, but rarely post – we’d rather not subject the world to any more bad food porn. We just designed a new t-shirt, “Food Porn Star” , for those who are great at it, unlike these poor folks!

Luckily, I have friends that are photographers who help me with my food blog. Appetizing pictures are an essential for any food blogger. While not all can invest in expensive cameras a few tips can turn even a camera phone picture into a great visual treat. Check my food blog: cinnamoncurls.blogspot.com